AMELIE CHABANNES - ANIMATIONS for UNALDYLIKE2020 - G. EDERLE

All original Artwork, rotoscoping for awarded film series UNLADYLIKE2020 • Season 1 • 26 episodes on 26 unsung heroines • PBS, PBS American Masters, Amazon Video. Gertrude Ederle Swimming across the English Channel!!!

I work as the main artist and the artistic director for the animated documentary film series UNLADYLIKE2020, which premiered on PBS’s flagship biography program American Masters with 26 digital shorts and a one-hour television broadcast about diverse and little-known historical American heroines, and the women who now follow in their footsteps, in honor of the centennial of women's suffrage. These rebellious, persistent, and daring — unladylike! — women overcame severe sexism and racism to excel in science, medicine, politics, business, journalism, sports, aviation, and the arts at the turn of the 20th century — including the first woman to lead scientific expeditions in the Arctic, join the National Academy of Engineering, found a hospital on an American Indian reservation, serve in the U.S. Congress, become a bank president, swim across the English Channel, earn an international pilot’s license, sing opera on the main stage at Carnegie Hall, or direct a feature-length movie. Presenting this history in a bold new way, UNLADYLIKE2020 has reached over 5.6 million viewers to date. Major funding for the series was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, along with 18 additional funders including private foundations and state humanities councils. The series was nominated for an NAACP Image Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award as part of American Masters’ 2020 season, and was a 2021 Webby Award honoree. The series also received a Silver Award at the 2021 Telly Awards, a 2021 Imagen Award for Best Short Film, and the My Hero Project’s 2020 Women Transforming Media Award.